West Asia Maritime Limited (WAM), a Chennai based ship owning and operating company, has signed an MoU of $ 33.527 million deal with Mitsui and Co, Japan for taking a IHIMU, Japan build geared 56,120 DWT bulk carrier under bareboat charter with purchase option.
Mogadihu – Gunmen loyal to a local warlord have arrested a suspected pirate for the hijacking of a UN cargo ship last year, said the leader of a militia on Tuesday.
Climate is changing the world
Viet Nam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) predicts sea freight costs will be lower this year because of increased fleet capacity, said a company representative.
The U.S. Navy rescued a 3,000-tonne cargo ship attacked by pirates off the coast of lawless Somalia, the vessel’s captain said late on Monday.
Although the fleet has spread out since leaving Bass Strait and crossing the halfway point on this Leg, the crews are likely to bunch up again before the finish in Wellington, currently expected for sometime Thursday morning local time.
In the past 12 hours the wind shifted to the west for a while and the boats gybed to avoid going too far south of the course to Wellington. Currently they have to climb about 80 nautical miles northwards to get to Cape Farewell, the top of the South Island of New Zealand.
The port of Astoria started its maintenance dredging last week with a new environmental compliance program in place and permits in hand to dredge the face of Pier 1.
On Sunday, 19th February, the 93,500-gt cruise liner
One person has been confirmed dead and seven others rescued from a blasted fishing vessel in the Yellow Sea, the marine salvage office of the eastern Shandong province said Monday.
President A P J Abdul Kalam yesterday urged the navy to frame a long-term plan to mount cruise missiles on its submarines. Kalam
In what can be termed a major blow to Indo-French bilateral ties, the Supreme Court on Monday banned the entry of the toxic decommissioned French warship
On the 7th of February 2006 the new Logistic Support Vessel, which is currently under construction at Damen Shipyards Galati (Romania) for the Royal Netherlands Navy, was launched.
Forget fuel economy. Washington’s leading ship builders are designing and launching ever-larger yachts, making a handful of companies here leaders in a global trend toward increasingly extravagant pleasure craft.
